Specialty

Dr. manzoor-mandel specializes in the following:

Legal Medicine

Description

Legal medicine experts are concerned with issues that arise in law and medicine, applying their medical knowledge to legal problems and proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. Legal-medicine experts apply medical facts to civil and criminal law cases, and are called on to give legal testimony in court, as well as more routine tasks such as determining insurance eligibility. Most fellows of the American College of Legal Medicine (the professional society for legal medicine) hold both MD and JD degrees (a lawyer in the field would practice medical jurisprudence). Some legal-medicine experts are pathologists who may work as coroners or medical examiners.

Education

Dr. manzoor-mandel was educated at the following institutions:

Medical School Attended:

shiraz university of medical sciences

Year of Graduation:

1974

Licensing

Dr. manzoor-mandel received medical licensing as follows:

Medical License:

Received in 1981

State Medical License:

Issued in the state of California

Insurance

Dr. manzoor-mandel accepts insurance from these companies:

Not available

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Background

See what state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) have been reported against this doctor in the past five years.

Disciplinary Actions:

Not Available

Disciplinary actions are actions taken to punish or restrict physicians who have demonstrated professional misconduct. They are intended to correct the doctor's misconduct. Physicians with disciplinary actions may continue to practice, depending on the board's decision. Physicians who have had a disciplinary action in one state will often move to another state where he/she may have a clean record in that new state. Lifescript's Doctor Finder compiles disciplinary action information from all 50 states, you'll know if a physician has a disciplinary action in more than one state.

Legal medicine encompasses a wide range of professionals in both health and law who aim to bridge the gap between law and medicine. A medical or legal professional might choose to associate themselves with the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM), becoming a part of the organization in order to further their career, network with other professionals, or contribute to the field.

The ACLM also represents the specialty of legal medicine in the American Medical Association’s Specialty and Service Society.

As a branch of medicine, it deals with the application of medical knowledge to the law; doctors who choose to work in legal medicine weigh in on legal proceedings, legal problems or legislation involving medical information that requires a medical expert. Some doctors aim to improve health policy, health care, promote research and scholarship, or promote peer collaboration and interaction. Some doctors in the field also have a law degree.

Legal medicine is also frequently called forensic medicine; legal medicine physicians are known by many different titles depending on the duties of their position, such as medical jurist, medical examiner, medico-legal officer, medico-legal expert, death investigators, and other titles. There may be cross-over of titles depending on the organization, company, medical practice, or area where the doctor works. For example, a physician and a lawyer working in the same field and with identical interests are sometimes referred to by different titles, despite the similarities between their jobs. A physician may be involved in forensic medicine, while a lawyer with the same interests working in forensic medicine is said to work in medical jurisprudence.

If you’re seeking a physician or other expert who specializes in legal medicine, consider contacting the ACLM for any needs that may involve: litigation, expert witnesses, medico-legal guidance or forensic medicine.

What are some of the ways a medical examiner might contribute to a court case?

A medical examiner observes victims’ bodies to determine the cause, manner and time of death. A thorough investigation of wounds helps the doctor reconstruct how a death occurred, which in turn helps lawyers determine how to present evidence in court. These doctors perform autopsies to determine cause of death, either as required by court, police officers, or by written request of nearest kin.

A medical examiner may testify in court and report some (or all) of the following facts:

Identification of blood and blood stains, age of blood stains, age of victim

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